Category Archives: Books

Illuminatus! Audiobook

Posted on 8/10/2007 by Ben

Deepleaf Audio has Illuminatus! audiobooks. I just finished the Harry Potter audiobook so I may have to try this next. They also have the first of the Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, which I never finished reading. [via RAW Data]

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Pandemonium Books & Games T-Shirt Fundraiser

Posted on 2/20/2007 by Ben

Pandemonium is an excellent sci-fi/fantasy book and game shop in Cambridge. They recently re-located from the Garage in Harvard Square to a larger location in Central Square. The move was lengthier and more expensive than anticipated which has left them … Continue reading →

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Stephenson’s Diamond Age Miniseries

Posted on 1/17/2007 by Ben

George Clooney will executive produce a miniseries of Neal Stephensons’ The Diamond Age for SCI FI Channel. When a prominent member of society concludes that the futuristic civilization in which he lives is stifling creativity, he commissions an interactive book … Continue reading →

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Eastern Standard Tribe: the podcast

Posted on 1/11/2007 by Ben

Cory Doctorow is podcasting his entire novel, Eastern Standard Tribe.

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RAW Needs Help

Posted on 10/2/2006 by Ben

Douglas Rushkoff reports that Robert Anton Wilson is in need of help. RAW is at home, dying from post-polio syndrome, and can’t pay his next month’s rent. If you can, send the man some money and then go read one … Continue reading →

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Amazon Online Book Access Program

Posted on 11/4/2005 by Ben

This doesn’t seem to have gotten much press yet but it look like Amazon is taking a publisher-friendly approach to the Google Print thing. The first program, Amazon Pages, will “un-bundle” the physical-world experience of buying and reading a book … Continue reading →

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150,000 Books for the Open Content Alliance in ’06

Posted on 10/26/2005 by Ben

Microsoft is funding the scanning of 150,000 public domain books for the Open Content Alliance project. They have an online viewer now as well as PDF downloads for a few books.

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In Challenge to Google, Yahoo Will Scan Books

Posted on 10/4/2005 by Ben

In an alliance with the Internet Archive Yahoo is announcing its own book-scanning project. It differs from Google’s project in that the entire text of the books will be available and any search engine can make use of the index. … Continue reading →

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Cory Doctorow Story Podcasts

Posted on 9/28/2005 by Ben

Cory Doctorow is making on-the-go recordings of his stories and podcasting them.

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Themepunks

Posted on 9/12/2005 by Ben

Salon is publishing the first act (and probably more) of Cory Doctorow’s novel-in-progress Themepunks in serial form. The first chapter is up and the rest will be posted every Monday for ten weeks.

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Michael Palin’s travel books online for free

Posted on 7/28/2005 by Ben

You can read all of Michael Palin’s travel books online. These are based on his numerous travel documentaries from British television and PBS.

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Bruce Campbell Interview

Posted on 7/14/2005 by Ben

Salon has a good interview with Bruce Campbell about his new book and documentary. I need to get around to watching Bubba Ho-tep.

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